Quick definitions from WordNet (charge)▸ noun:a impetuous rush toward someone or something ("The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary")▸ noun:a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time ("This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains")▸ noun:heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield▸ noun:(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense ("He was arrested on a charge of larceny")▸ noun:request for payment of a debt ("They submitted their charges at the end of each month")▸ noun:a person committed to your care ("The teacher led her charges across the street")▸ noun:the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons ("The battery needed a fresh charge")▸ noun:the price charged for some article or service ("The admission charge")▸ noun:financial liabilities (such as a tax) ("The charges against the estate")▸ noun:a special assignment that is given to a person or group ("His charge was deliver a message")▸ noun:attention and management implying responsibility for safety▸ noun:an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence ("The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving")▸ noun:a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something ("The judge's charge to the jury")▸ noun:(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object ("Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge")▸ noun:the swift release of a store of affective force▸ verb:pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt ("Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?")▸ verb:demand payment ("Will I get charged for this service?")▸ verb:enter a certain amount as a charge ("He charged me $15")▸ verb:saturate ("The room was charged with tension and anxiety")▸ verb:energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge ("I need to charge my car battery")▸ verb:cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on ("Charge a conductor")▸ verb:set or ask for a certain price ("How much do you charge for lunch?")▸ verb:instruct or command with authority ("The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem")▸ verb:instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence▸ verb:impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to ("He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")▸ verb:blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against ("He charged me director with indifference")▸ verb:make an accusatory claim ("The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased")▸ verb:file a formal charge against ("The suspect was charged with murdering his wife")▸ verb:to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle▸ verb:direct into a position for use ("He charged his weapon at me")▸ verb:fill or load to capacity ("Charge the wagon with hay")▸ verb:place a heraldic bearing on ("Charge all weapons, shields, and banners")▸ verb:lie down on command, of hunting dogs▸ verb:give over to another for care or safekeeping▸ verb:assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to ("She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance")▸ verb:attribute responsibility to ("The tragedy was charged to her inexperience")▸ verb:provide with munition▸ verb:move quickly and violently▸ verb:cause to be agitated, excited, or roused ("The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks")▸ verb:cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
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